Exam 7: Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Randall believes that aliens crashed in the western United States in the 1950s. When looking for information about this on the Internet, he ignores any sites that are skeptical of his belief and only visits and talks with his friends about the sites that support his belief. This is an example of the confirmation bias.

If you took the WAIS-IV when you were 18 and again when you were 25 and the scores were the same, what could you conclude?

What problem-solving strategies involve making educated guesses and make efficient use of time?

When people are asked to relate how many windows they have in the place where they live, the amount of time to answer doesn't depend on the number of windows.

What number reflects the amount of differences in a population attributable to genetic influences?

What are mental categories representing activities, objects, qualities, or situations that share some common characteristics?

People began measuring intelligence through tests roughly________ years ago.

It is commonly thought that people who are "gifted" have various physical, psychological, and personality problems. What is really known about this common idea, and what did a famous study find out about the gifted?

Before enrolling in an abnormal psychology course, Gary's idea of psychological disorders had been influenced primarily by talk shows. He expected to hear the same kinds of stories he had heard on talk shows. What an eye-opening experience the course turned out to be! How would a cognitive psychologist describe the influence the course had on Gary's idea of psychological disorders?

At the current time, which statement is true about our knowledge of whether animals can use humanlike language?

Which was NOT a finding of the Terman and Oden (1947) study of gifted kids?

Give a definition and example of mental set.

____________ intelligence has been suggested by Goleman to be a more powerful influence in life than more traditional views, though the research supporting this claim has been mixed.

What is a phoneme? Give an example of at least 3 different phonemes.

The sounds of "t," "th," and "sh" are __________.

Sal is being evaluated as a possible candidate for the space program. On which of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences would we expect him to excel if he is a good candidate?

Which of the following tests would be best suited to an 8-year-old child?

Which developmental psychologist theorized that concepts preceded and aided the development of language?

Criticisms of Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences include ________.

In order to conclusively show that animals do use language, one would have to demonstrate that the________.